Airship.



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AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 17, 1914.

Patented Nov. 10, w14.

' miem@ merrieo ALBBfECI-IT LEYES-5,403 NEW YRK, EQ'.

LESHIE".

Specaation of Letters Batent.

.e dirigible' eirship specially ada-ptefi for use in War. For this purpose the machine 1s provided with an observatiompleorm iocatefl above elle gas-bags, and with a,

Vmagazine 'for emmuniion, bombs, ete, et `the lower y'part of the maehme f In the/accompanyihg drawing, Figure 3. is a sidefview of an ehr-Shipembodyiigthe iiv'entioin7 and Fie.' 2 I155e top-view o? the same. Similar reference numerais/,fnicate cor-- responding parte in, .beth figures.

Two gasegs lil yand lfespeetiveiy arel provided, one at each side/of the longitudinal celuter-iiiie of fille moc/.hina These bags are spaced opere; and ,at the inner side i' the bug 1G is a vertical plane i2, and at the inner side of the bag/11 a "vertical piane 13. The planes are bmg/ghi: together at lie bow vofthe machine, :is/shown in Fig. 2; Atthe rear' of the machinee crossbar 14- eonnects the pla-ries, and on seid bar is hiige a rud- 'der 15 for steeriiig'the machinehorizontally, and at each side thereofriidders 16j i7 for steering the /eame vertically. The rudder is conneef'led bymeuitable ropes 18 with steering meehanisin 19, from which extend also ropes/20 and 21 to vertical Mulders '22 and 23 arranged one beneath each gasfloagg.

The Vertical rudders errfi 1'? are eori'iiee'bed by siiitabie ropes 2% Wrath lie Steering mechanism i9, and ropes eoiiieet lie* steering mechanism with a runier 2 for steering the 'bow of the device veriieell3f` said rudder being located et the from; part of the machine forward of the ges-bags.

The framework of maeoiiie sup p0rtsl elow die space between he suitable ineloeed platform' lie Teerport-ioii of which serves e ii eontaining :#mrfiuiaiiton eue'i :.5 y l iniplesiients oi desirueii use in wei-farei The mote-rf i chine are locfitecl on lie ple Jiri7 L.: l means of eli-reihe 33 drive e progfiezl E 35, WS, 37; two "ropellers'eiiig ieee-k nezitli each gais-bag, each propeller 1n longi tudinei alinemen Wiii the either beef-oem.

the same img'. The 'ramewor sii'ppors zieove lie liege o tians'erse elisei'mff'eiif platform or briglge 3S exeiifiiig Compl lV vaioss the .mmiine :iricl at each emi. beygiiifi the sides of tl'ieliags, es iniczi-'ed in Fig.' 2.

@n 'this platform me? be stationed a. loeirii L Y 1.01 the' purpose Gibbs-erwin@ ne eounry y Eaeeiii-oi .movi :Application ledrebruary l?, 1914. Seriai He. l. y 4

and the movemene, of the Meiieniy. lThe i fimiieworlr Sva'lso suppone, below the plane of the gasbags,"fliiee ponoons 40, f, 2,

Vihre outer poumons 40 anfiare arranged beyond the Yericfal plaine ofthe gasffnlgs respeciirely are of Smaller size the eeiitmi pontoon; the leiter is Wifjfi'iuidl approXilnriely *elle same le; g sie the platform 31,* o' gre: than tlierspace hetween iie gas- ,sf 'f affords glireoteuiport i0 the platiorr'i mici on when the eireliip eseensso lie the to@ of and resting direelj'upoii iii; pon-I con lil. l

lfm' discharging rapidly 'the bombe or other explosives eerrie i a bucket-@imn is grovilefi suitably morini/eel on a Wheel at che rear-portion of the magazine een: nested with the meors 32 or any other suit able source of power which may 'be rie?? so as to be rotated, sind thereby de iver the bombs over the reopenzo he glatfdrm 3i, Whencethey fall. i

F or reaidng the speed of the eirehip before .striking the eea when deseencling: e, bucket fis proviiief hevig-fig perforatione 46 on its'gfeottom, Wiieii mieie i if be lowreaching iEiiereLirifiGe air-ship ,has arri e@ 'alie same. er

retar. the Spee@ of? )the air iiimeeil@ shown at 55 in Fig. l, at the stern of the machine, and likewise taper to a comparatively small depth at the bow, as seen vat 56, the intermediate vertical plane surface supported, however, being suiiieient for maintaining the ready dirigibility of the machine. i

The air-ship described provides a convenient and satisfactory means `of carrying considerable quantities of high explosives, and of navigating the air and sea foi purposes of warfare.

I claim: i

1. An air-ship, comprising a gas-field of lenticular form in two vbags spaced apart .transversely of the machine, vertical planes at the inner face of each bag tapering there- .from toward thebow and stern, vertical and horizontal rudders at the rear of said planes, vertical rudders at the boW, horizontal rudders one beneath each gas-bag, a magan zine-platform below the plane of the bags and vertically below the space between the same, propellers beneath each gas-bag, and pontoons, one at each side of the machine beyond the gasbag and a middle pontoon "below the platform.

at each side of the machine. be ond the'. aen-- bag and a middle pontoon be ow the p atform,`and anv observation-bridge extending transversely of the machine above'the gasbags and-laterally beyond the same over the pontoons. p f In testimony, that I claim theforegoing as' my invention, I have signed my name in presence otWo subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses:

G. LOWE, F. Heee.

`ALBinioHT LUECKQ f 

